Terrorism, Politics and the Media

Some Israeli security officials quietly expressed "concern" about an adviser to Sen. Barack Obama (Robert Malley, a principal Obama foreign policy adviser who penned numerous opinion articles, many of them co-written with a former adviser to the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, petitioning for dialogue with Hamas and blasting Israel for numerous policies he says harm the Palestinian cause) and has advocated negotiations with Hamas and providing international assistance to the terrorist group. I don't blame Israel for being concerned, because the United States does not need an anti-semitic president or a president who will negotiate with terrorists. From WND, via Canadian Sentinel, who says:

If elected President, would Obama pursue anti-Israel/anti-Semite policies? One must ask. After all, Obama's own pastor is known for his praise of the anti-Semitic, racist, Islamosupremacist-imperialist leader of Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, such praise not being denounced by Obama.

Indeed, if Obama is elected, do the voters know what they will be getting?

* a Washington administration staffed by former aides to Bill and Hillary Clinton

* a U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq but are likely to get U.S. and UN military intervention in other areas of the world, supposedly on humanitarian grounds? Under a Democrat Administration, the U.S. might have more wars on its hands.

* Susan Rice, a key foreign policy adviser to Obama who frequently appears on television on his behalf, has been a major proponent of U.S. military action in Darfur, ... She views military intervention in Darfur in the context of exercising the “Responsibility to Protect.” This is a doctrine approved by the United Nations in 2005 that authorizes military forces to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Obama has said he favors a UN or a NATO force in Darfur. (morehttp://www.familysecuritymatters.org/global.php?id=1386416)

Nation of Islam, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, et al are all birds of a feather, anti-Israel, and either pro-terrorist or actually terrorists themselves. With the Palestinians flowing into Egypt now, the pro-terrorist media around the world AND Egypt's main Islamist party and other opposition groups are strengthening their appeal by using images of desperate Palestinians streaming out of the Gaza Strip -- political theater punctuated with dangerous rhetoric.

Iranian Newspapers are encouraging Muslims to kill Westerners or anyone who supports Israel.

In a January 26 op-ed in the Iranian daily Kayhan, the paper's editor, Hossein Shariatmadari, who is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, called on Muslims to unite in a retaliatory attack on American, European, and Israeli "sensitive centers" because of "the war crimes that these countries are committing in the Gaza Strip" and because of their support for Israel.

And why is one of America’s top television broadcasting companies using media products produced by an ally of Hezbollah?

... And we’re not sure if there is – or was temporarily – an agreement between ABC and OTV to use OTV’s footage. But agreement or not, using media products developed by OTV is lending public legitimacy to a company with very close ties to international terrorists. (more)

Tampa Web Company Hosted Site Called Vital To al Qaeda

A computer program that is said to give al-Qaeda greater communications capabilities, hosted on what some consider “arguably” the most significant al-Qaeda Web site, was hosted until this morning by a Tampa company in the same building as the United States attorney’s office.

President Bush begged the Saudi leaders to drop the price of oil, the Saudis offered to discuss the issue only if the President would promise a waiver of visas for Saudi students, something that Americans of all political parties would find unacceptable, given the fact that 17 of the 9/11 terrorist hijackers hailed from the oil kingdom. Well screw that offer. What we need to do is stop the influx of students from terror supporting countries.

In Pakistan, Pakistani general says "These people are not our enemies. ... These people have been misguided" -- Tell that to the mothers, wives, children, husbands of their victims. How can we expect the Pakistanis to track down terrorists when they won't even CALL them terrorists, and when they make deals and treaties with them? We can't! They seem to enjoy kidnapping children from schools, that's the kind of people they call 'misunderstood'.

Also in Pakistan we have Baitullah Mehsud - The Man More Dangerous Than Osama bin Laden (The Blotter and US News

Baitullah Mehsud is the chosen leader of a militant coalition known as the Taliban Movement of Pakistan. A collection of 26 groups that have come together to battle the Pakistani army.

During a 25-minute sit-down with al Jazeera, Mehsud, the man Pakistan blames for killing former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, claims he is fighting a “defensive” jihad with the goal to destroy the White House, New York and London.

On to Afghanistan: The battle to remove the Taliban was one of the first priorities of Operation Enduring Freedom (initially called Operation Infinite Justice) when it was launched in September 2001, following the attacks of 9/11. ... There are few signs that the fighting will diminish. The Taliban insurgents are already planning a spring offensive to match the one they mounted in 2007.

Middle Eastern criminal gangs have been establishing NO-GO zones in Sydney, read it all at 1389 Blog.

Australia’s racial vilification laws, along with the entire “multiculturalism” industry, worked together to keep the growing debacle concealed from public scrutiny.

The United States said Monday it was “troubling” that China’s weapons systems capability exceeded the level Beijing defined as necessary for self-defence.

Should the US be concerned about NATO, it's declining usefulness and potential changed needed? And what will this help or hinder the fight against terrorism?

Fake bombs are still getting through TSA inspections.

In other news, Kennedy endorsement of Obama possibly kiss of death; a record turnout is expected in Florida; Billary is still campaigning in spite of Democrats objections -- it's embarassing; and a terrorist admits to his wicked plot:

Parviz Khan, the UK Muslim charged with planning to kidnap a British soldier, hack off his head, and distribute the video of the murder on the internet, has admitted to the plot. And Reuters tries to cast it as a case of aggression against Muslims, with one of their patented Orwellian headlines: Briton admits plot to behead Muslim soldier.

Last but not least, In year seven of the war against the United States, however, President Bush did not even name the enemy in his State of the Union Speech. Very sad. I kept yelling at the TV, "Call them what they are, say it, go on say it, ISLAMIC TERRORISTS !!! But nope.

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2008?-No, it's 1938

It's been 70 years since British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting with Adolf Hitler in Munich and waved a piece of paper in his hand proclaiming, "Peace in our time." Of course, the following year, the world was plunged into World War II. Today, instead of Nazism, the world is faced with a new scourge, Islamo-Terrorism, Islamo-Fascism or whatever you want to call it. One would think that we had learned the lessons of history when it comes to appeasing the forces of evil. Yet, it seems that when it comes to Islamic terror, we have forgotten the lessons of the past. There are some notable parallels, in my view, between today and the 1930s.

After his failed 1923 Putsch, Hitler found himself incarcerated in Landsberg Prison near Munich in 1924, where he wrote Mein Kampf. In this book, he spelled out his hatred of Jews and plans to re-establish Germany's greatness through re-militarization and territorial expansion to the east. The world did not take him seriously. They thought he would never be able to attain that kind of power, even within Germany. They were wrong.

Islamic terrorists take their inspiration from passages in the Koran that they feel give them guidance in killing those who don't share their religion. Virtually every sura (chapter) reinforces the belief that non-believers will burn in Hell.

Once Hitler took power in Germany, after years of agitation and street brawls, he acted quickly to establish a dictatorship. On April 1, 1933, Nazis launched the boycott of Jewish businesses. In 1935, the so-called Nuremberg Laws were promulgated, codifying the second-class status of German Jews.

In 1936, German troops reoccupied the Rhineland-in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Great Britain and France took no action-further emboldening Hitler.

In 1938, Hitler marched into Austria, annexing that country into a greater German Reich. Great Britain and France stood by and watched.

Then, the same year, Hitler demanded the Sudentenland region of Czechoslovakia, based on the fact that it was primarily inhabited by ethnic Germans who were being mistreated. This brought Europe close to war. Within the space of a fortnight, Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany three times to meet and negotiate with Hitler. Chamberlain was determined to avert war over "a people of whom we know so little" to use his words. When the meeting was over, the Czechs were advised that the Sudetenland would have to handed over to Germany-or they would be on their own-previous commitments notwithstanding. Chamberlain flew home to announce "Peace in our time."

In November of 1938, the world watched in shock as the Nazis carried out Reichskristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), by which Jewish shops, homes and synagogues were smashed, Jews were dragged to jail, and-in some cases murdered. Once again, the world stood by and did nothing.

It wasn't until Germany invaded Poland in 1939 that the scales dropped from the eyes of the British and French and war began. It was only then that the Brits and French realized that they could not negotiate with Hitler.

Meanwhile in the US, President Roosevelt, who understood the threat, was thwarted by public opinion that wanted no part of another European war. Famed aviator, Charles Lindbergh, was an ardent admirer of Hitler. He led the fight to keep America nuetral. Another prominent voice for nuetrality was Joseph Kennedy (father of JFK), even though he was the American ambassador to London. Then there was the Nazi-supporting German-American Bund, a 5th column German-American organization on our soil. It was only after Pearl Harbor, when the US declared war on Imperial Japan, and Hitler declared war on our country, that we entered the European war.

Today, we see similarities vis-a-vis Islamic terrorism. In spite of everything that has happened and continues to happen every day, there are many in the West who will not face reality. We have experienced 9-11. The British experienced the subway and bus bombings. Madrid experienced its train bombings. How did the Spaniards react? They voted out their government in favor of a new soft-line prime minister who pulled his troops out of Iraq.

The situation in Britain is most disturbing. Muslim clerics in mosques preach hate and violence against British society. Muslims demonstrate on London streets demanding that anyone who "insults" Islam be "butchered" or "beheaded". How does Britain react? They bend over backwards to toe the politically correct line. Just in the past few days, "The Three Little Pigs" has been suppressed because pigs are offensive to Muslims. Now acts of terror are officially being called "anti-Islamic acts" since they do damage to Islam's image. British jails have re-installed toilet seats to ensure that Muslim prisoners don't have to face their backsides toward Mecca.

Meanwhile in the Netherlands, they have witnessed the bloody murder of film producer Theo van Gogh on a Dutch street for the "crime" of making a film critical of Islam's treatment of women. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali immigrant and Muslim apostate, who collaborated in the film, has been living under intense security ever since. Currently, a Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, is trying to produce a 10-minute film critical of the Koran. Not surprisingly, he lives under threat of murder while Iran makes veiled threats against the Netherlands, trying to force them to prohibit the showing of the film.

In other major European cities like Paris, Rotterdam and Malmo, Sweden, police are afraid to enter Muslim enclaves, where practices like "honor-killings" and female circumcision are carried out though in contravention of national law.

Here at home in the US, where have we been so far spared the Muslim violence seen in Europe, we are witnessing a growing disaffection from American society on the part of many Muslims. On many universities (like mine-UC-Irvine), Muslim Student Unions regularly bring in radical Muslim speakers who advocate hate and violence toward Israel and "Zionist Jews". Many of these speakers also direct their vile hatred toward America as well. In some places, like Minneapolis, some Muslim cab drivers refuse to carry passengers who have alcohol. Some Muslim check-out clerks in grocery stores will not service customers purchasing pork. Not long ago, a group of radical Imams deliberately provoked airline passengers while boarding a flight, managing to get themselves removed from a flight so that they could start a lawsuit, aided by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). So how do we react to all this effrontery? The University of Michigan at Dearborn has installed foot baths in their restrooms-courtesy of the Michigan tax-payers. Secondary schools all over the nation have initiated courses for children to provide them with a positive image of Islam-while any recognition of Christianity or Judaism is considered unacceptable.

The problem is that both here and in Europe, we are being governed by political correctness. We must all proclaim that we respect Islam, and we consider Islam to be a religion of peace. It doesn't matter how much violence and expressions of hate are carried out by certain Muslims. When was the last time you heard a Democratic politician use the term, "Islamic Terror"? The reality is that most Americans, while trying to be fair and not punish decent, innocent Muslims, really are wondering about the true nature of this religion. Religion of peace? Well, we have doubts. We want to believe the best about other faiths, but how can we not have doubts given what is going on in the world, not just in the Middle East, but in Western countries where large numbers of Muslim immigrants have settled? This is not to paint all Muslims with the same brush, but some have not conducted themselves like ideal guests.

How great it would have been if the millions of decent Germans had risen up to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis. Tragically, they did not-or could not since the police state was too powerful. Similarly, how great it would be if the decent, peace-loving Muslims would rise up and defeat the murderers and hate-mongers among them. Whether they will remains to be seen.

My point is this: While we want to live peacefully with our Muslim neighbors, we must make it clear that we will defend ourselves against Islamic terror. We will not throw away our own religions, traditions, customs and laws because they are "offensive" to Muslims. There will be no Shariah law in our countries. We will not submit to them. Unfortunately, Western Civilization has been infected with a "peace in our time" mentality that says that, if we just make a few more concessions here and there, we can peacefully co-exist.

Neville Chamberlain would be proud.

[Stormwarning]

NATO has become a bunch of "puddy tats."

[PALADIN]

I,M THINKING THAT IT,S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY OF PAKISTAN AND CLEAN IT OUT. YOU CAN,T TRUST THE PAKIS ONE BIT. THEY,LL SMILE AND SAY YES, YES, WHEN THEN REALLY MEAN NO, NO,. TYPICAL FOR PAKIS, THATS WHY THAT COUNTRY IS SUCH A HELLHOLE. PLUS WE CAN,T WIN IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN THE ENEMY HAS A SAFE HAVEN IN PAKISTAN. REMEMBER 30, 40 YRS AGO??? IT DID,NT WORK THEN , AND IT WON,T WORK NOW. 3000 U.S. MARINES WILL SOON BE OPERATING WITH THE CANADIAN BATTLE GROUP IN KANDAHAR. WE,VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS THERE , BUT NO OTHER COUNTRY FROM NATO IS WILLING TO STEP UP AND GIVE US A HAND DOWN IN THE SOUTH OF KANDAHAR. SURE SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR ALLIES HUH? I DID,NT EVER THINK NATO WOULD BECOME A DHIMMI INSTITUTION LIKE THE UN.

[Stormwarning]

NOTE: Pakistan already is a real problem for the U.S. All of the "happy talk" coming from certain quarters doesn't change that fact.

[A.C. McCloud]

Notice the Israelis dropped this right before the Florida primary. Although it doesn't count for Dems, Hillary still won big in a state with a large number of Jewish voters.

[Jack]

I am truly concerned about Pakistan. Our interests are not in line.

They could easily become a real problem for us.